A comparison of three techniques for analgesia following total knee joint replacement: Continuous femoral nerve block or spinal morphine or a combination.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Postoperative analgesia for total knee joint replacementMusculoskeletal - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12606000421538
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesia, St Vincent's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
First time total knee joint replacement.
Exclusion Criteria
Inability to understand PCA or VAS scores. Contraindication to spinal anaesthesia (eg. coagulopathy, moderate to severe aortic stenosis, skin infection over insertion site). Contraindication to femoral nerve block (eg. previous valscular surgery in the groin, infection over insertion site, inablity to palpate femoral artery). Contraindiction to spinal and IV morphine (eg. obsructive sleep apnoea). Allergy to study drugs. Containdication to COX-2 inhibitors (eg. renal impairment, ischaemic heart disease). Chronic pain.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method